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Hooi Ling name meaning

  • 慧玲intelligent; tinkling of jade
  • 惠玲kindness, favour; tinkling of jade
Letters
8
Syllables
2
First letter
H
Romanization
Hokkien
Character options
2
Gender
♀ Girl
  • Chinese characters慧玲惠玲
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records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Hooi Ling

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Chinese Names: H

Hooi Ling is a Chinese given name whose meaning depends on the characters; for example 慧玲 means 'intelligent; tinkling of jade'.

Chinese characters for Hooi Ling

This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.

  • 慧玲

    intelligent; tinkling of jade

    Hokkien hūi lêng / Mandarin huì líng

  • 惠玲

    kindness, favour; tinkling of jade

    Hokkien hūi lêng / Mandarin huì líng

One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.

About the name Hooi Ling

Hooi Ling is a romanized Chinese given name, most likely from Hokkien. Hooi spells hūi, the Hokkien reading of 慧 (intelligent) or 惠 (kindness), and Ling spells lêng, the Hokkien reading of 玲 (tinkling of jade). The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♀ Girl
RomanizationHokkien
PartsHooi + Ling
First letterChinese Names starting with H

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 慧 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 玲 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 惠 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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